BURS, police say locals aid smuggling

At a workshop on smuggling on Tuesday, the authorities said smugglers scheme with locals to transport goods into Botswana. They said Batswana who aid smugglers are transporters, mostly taxi drivers and truckers with permits to transport goods in return of payment.

Some members of the public also transport smuggled goods into the country. Smuggling cases mostly take place during the night when taxi drivers deviate from their normal routes to transport illegal goods.